Category Archives: Spotlight

Artists of all varieties that I know and work with.

QuiteTrill Exclusive :: Dee1 In-Depth Interview

Posted on September 14, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Click on the link above for an exclusive interview with QuiteTrill Worldwide and New Orleans-based MC Dee1.  Don’t forget to check out the rest of the content on their YouTube page and the official website.

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Bonus Insight :: Third Root Goes Behind The Scenes

Posted on September 13, 2016 | Leave a comment

You heard the radio, now you get the TV show.  Third Root blessed us all by going behind the scenes for the recording of their powerhouse track Soul Force, so sit back, enjoy, and listen to the experience of everyone who took part.

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Wise Inquisitive :: SniperShot Confesses ‘I Don’t Have The Answers’

Posted on September 13, 2016 | Leave a comment

One of my favorite aspects of the hip-hop culture is watching an individual gain knowledge of self.  Most every aspect of the hip-hop culture that one may dive in to hits a point in the journey where you have to push past what you originally considered your limits.  Whether it be going from fan to MC, listener to DJ, sketchbook king to all city, or head-nodder to b-boy, a transformation will occur.  SniperShot has been on my radar for a minute, and the seeds that I originally saw planted in him are starting to form into a full-fledged tree.  I Don’t Have The Answers is the perfect embodiment of one of the first key steps towards knowledge of self : realizing how little you know, and learning to how become a storage place for information that will be applied at an unknown point in the future.  Cheers to you, SniperShot, and here’s to hoping we can continue to be a part of your journey.

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Psychedelic Surge :: ‘Next Time’ By Attic Ted Gets Hyper-Visual

Posted on September 12, 2016 | Leave a comment

Attic Ted has never been one to shy away from hitting listeners/viewers with an onslaught to the senses.  Next Time hits all of the right buttons.  A wonderful duet between two of Attic Ted‘s personalities accompany several of the personalities putting on a show for the YouTube faithful, with a guest appearance by Furly thrown in for good measure.  Very Laff-In.  Another Jeffrey Garcia masterpiece.  Share it and share it good.

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Style King :: Henry + The Invisibles Has Us Like ‘WHOA’

Posted on September 10, 2016 | Leave a comment

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The funk is back, and better than ever.  Henry + the Invisibles has been putting in all kinds of work the last few years in terms of spreading the legend, and after some time spent preparing a new album, us lucky listeners are getting a taste of what’s in store.  WHOA is a nice field of smoothness with a nice solid breakbeat behind it.  Henry uses this as a platform to explore those feelings that you can’t control, and even manages to throw many referential nods in the midst of this confessional.  Super dope, and I can only imagine how this track comes off live.  Musaic sounds like it will hit us in all the right ways upon its release.

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Unified Front :: Third Root’s ‘Soul Force’ And Its All-Star Lineup

Posted on September 9, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Dig it… Third Root and Adrian Quesada collaborate on what would already be a banger on its own.  Reinforcements are then called in, in the form of Da’Shade Moonbeam, Riders Against The Storm (RAS), Bavu Blakes and Vocab.  Bars upon bars, all spitting on the knowledge tip.  Soul Force is a monster of a song… not since the days of We’re All In The Same Gang or Self-Destruction has there been a collaborative effort this deep and meaningful.  Certainly worth the $0.99 price tag.  Here’s to hoping all parties involved can find the time to make a video out of this, because songs this strong deserve visual accompaniment.

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Powered Up :: Click-Clack Drops ‘Sleep No More’ On The World

Posted on September 8, 2016 | Leave a comment

Folks like Click-Clack make me happy, because they prove that mainstream validation is not needed to make quality product that means something.  If you keep making that heat, at some point the public will be forced to pay attention, and if you’re lucky, you’ll be around and young enough to reap those benefits.  As for Click-Clack‘s surprise EP, ~Sleep No More~, there is an incredibly large jump in the confidence levels of his delivery… you can literally hear him having grown comfortable into his process and his place in the game.  No need to mention a growth in bars or production, because Click-Clack was never lacking in either of those realms.  My man laid a solid foundation some time ago, and this project is the framework for bigger and better things.  Even better, Hous3work is on the horizon, so this is just a jab setup for what should be an audio knockout punch in the near future.  Keep doing your thing.

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Spirit Talk :: Black DaVinci’s ‘Royalty Became Ghosts [EP]’

Posted on September 8, 2016 | Leave a comment

Over the years, one of the more interesting MC/producers I have the pleasure of knowing is Black DaVinci.  His music remains deeply insightful and thought provoking while maintaining a level of accessibility found without sacrificing his approach or delivery.  His latest EP, [R]oyalty [B]ecame [G]hosts, is an exploration of blackness and black culture in respects to history and American culture.  A very stark listen that, at 3 songs, certainly leaves us wanting more.  Let’s hope that more follows sooner than later.

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Breathe Life :: JMAC The Dragon Presents ‘The Human Element’

Posted on September 2, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Even though music has the power to move, as George Clinton once famously put it, it has the power to remove as well.  In the case of JMAC the Dragon‘s extremely personal release The Human Element, it is evident that this is the case… this album seems as if it was created to remove stress, remove stigma surrounding the perceptions of his art, and remove any real or imagined barriers that may be in his way.  With production by CA the Commoner of Grid Squid Entertainment, it’s a sure thing that the production will match the lyrical bar set by JMAC.  We’ve all been through hard times, and this album captures the process of exploring that darkness beautifully.

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Boss Beats :: Bitforce Kills At Classic Game Fest 2016

Posted on September 1, 2016 | Leave a comment

Bitforce is a collective of amazing musicians that could have easily taken the traditional musical paths and made an impact.  This trio, however, decided to take things one step further, and they use their musical chops to embrace their love of video games.  They recently put on a killer set at Classic Game Fest 2016 in Austin, and we are lucky enough to have had the entire thing captured and presented for us to forever enjoy.. so please do so!

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